An Ocean Habitat or sometimes refer to as a marine environment is a place in the ocean where plants and animals interact with the chemical and physical features of the environment. An Ocean habitat is a place where communities of organisms live. The three main ocean habitats of the ocean are the open water‚ the soft sandy to muddy bottom and the hard shore. Examples of ocean habitats are the coral reefs‚ the estuaries and the abyssal zone. Habitats can be classified in a number of ways in order
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Ocean Current and Global Weather The ocean is the largest habitat for life on earth‚ and is vital to the land habitats as well. The ocean regulates the earth’s weather patterns. The main force influencing global climate is the solar energy of the fun. Because the earth is a sphere its surface is not heated equally by incoming solar energy. The equatorial areas receive more sunlight while the poles receive less because sunlight strikes at an oblique angle so much of the sunlight are reflected away
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CHAPTER 31 OCEAN CURRENTS TYPES AND CAUSES OF CURRENTS 3100. Definitions The movement of ocean water is one of the two principal sources of discrepancy between dead reckoned and actual positions of vessels. Water in motion is called a current; the direction toward which it moves is called set‚ and its speed is called drift. Modern shipping speeds have lessened the impact of currents on a typical voyage‚ and since electronic navigation allows continuous adjustment of course‚ there is less need to
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BOOK REVIEW The book‚ Blue Ocean Strategy -How to create Uncontested Market Space and Make competition Irrelevant ‚ authored by W. Chan Kim and Renne Mauborgne is the best seller of its time. It is a widely accepted book for strategy professionals. The title indicates the theme of the book .This book promises to achieve the uncontested market space and make competition irrelevant by making the use of Blue ocean strategy. The book argues that companies in existence today should not try to beat
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Managerial Marketing Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim The second part describes the four principles of blue ocean strategy formulation: how to create uncontested market space by reconstructing market boundaries‚ focusing on the big picture‚ reaching beyond existing demand and getting the strategic sequence right. These four formulation principles address how an organization can create blue oceans by looking across the six conventional boundaries of competition (Six Paths Framework)
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Opened in 1977‚ Ocean Park Hong Kong is one of Hong Kong’s favourite attractions‚ featuring rides‚ exhibits and conservation facilities. Ocean Park is located on the southern side of Hong Kong Island‚ covering more than 870‚000 square metres of land. There are three attraction areas‚ which are the Lowland‚ the Headland and Tai Shue Wan. The three areas are connected by a cable car‚ outdoor escalator which is the second longest in the world and Ocean Express. Aqua City Ocean Park’s Aqua City
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The Ocean Ranger The Ocean Ranger was an offshore exploration oil drilling platform that sank in Canadian waters 315 kilometres southeast from St. John’s Newfoundland‚ on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on February 15‚ 1982‚ with 84 crewmembers onboard. The Ocean Ranger was the largest semi-submersible‚ offshore exploration‚ oil drilling platform of the day. Built in 1976 by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries‚ it operated off the coasts of Alaska‚ New Jersey‚ Ireland‚ and in November 1980 moved
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Acidification in our Oceans Oceanography April 2‚ 2013 What is Ocean Acidification? “Ocean Acidification‚ is the worldwide reduction in the pH of seawater as a consequence of the absorption of large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the oceans.” (Britannica). Ocean acidification is largely the result of loading Earth’s atmosphere with large quantities of CO2‚ produced by vehicles and industrial and agricultural processes. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution about
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Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Marine Butterflies and Coral Reefs For millions of years‚ Earth’s oceans have maintained a relatively stable acidity level. Research shows that a recent and rapid drop in surface pH that could have devastating global consequences through the unbalance the ocean’s acidity. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the early 1800s‚ fossil fuel-powered machines have created a burst of industry and machines. The consequence of this industrial revolution
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Ocean pollution Hannah Waddell Ocean pollution is a growing problem and affects people as well. It is a growing problem that needs to be stopped and controlled immediately. Taking care of our water will be beneficial for our long-term survival. If we put off this problem any longer‚ the prices will only escalade even higher. We need water to survive and the ocean is one of the greatest water suppliers. The actions we take or do not take will affect the future in either a negative or a positive
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